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HAGSTROM KEAD6 USB POT INTERFACE (Read 1022 times)

Feb 11^th, 2011 at 12:29am

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I want to build a throttle quadrant to control two engines throttle, prop, and mixture using the KEAD6. What type and size (ohms) pots should I use? I use Windows 7 and FS2004.
Thanks for any help on this.

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Reply #1 - Feb 12^th, 2011 at 7:52pm

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Welcome to the Homebuild section.

Hagstrom's website is probably the best place to check this question out. I use some hagstrom stuff... but not that unit.

Maybe someone else here has some experience with it.

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Reply #2 - Feb 12^th, 2011 at 10:41pm

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Hi John, thanks for your reply. I have talked to Hagstrom and they will not commit to any specific ohm values other than a range of 500 to 1m ohms. I am hopeing some one here could help me with my specific application.

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Reply #3 - Feb 13^th, 2011 at 7:57pm

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DC3DRIVER wrote on Feb 12^th, 2011 at 10:41pm:

I have talked to Hagstrom and they will not commit to any specific ohm values other than a range of 500 to 1m ohms.

REALLY!!!! Strange. I have always found then VERY helpful.

Maybe what they are saying is that any value in the range will work fine. The main tip I acn give you is get linear taper pots. Audio taper is logrithmic.. and will not work.

If you are goinmg to gear the mechanical linkage, maybe look for multi-turn pots. But you'll need to do the gear ratio calcs so that you get the full range of the pot's values.

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Reply #4 - Feb 13^th, 2011 at 10:04pm

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Thanks John for your advice. I think I will start out with a 500 ohm pot and see how that works out.

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